| 词汇 | on the back burner |
| 释义 | on the back burner Theme: WAITING mod. out of the way; aside and out of consideration.We will have to put this on the back burner for a while.She kept her boyfriend on the back burner until she decided what to do about him. Idiom on the back burner not getting or needing immediate attention.After months on the back burner, the debate about e-mail privacy is about to be renewed. Usage notes: often used with put: She decided to attend Harvard, where she would study political theory and put her acting career on the back burner. on the back burnerOf a low priority; given less or little thought or attention; postponed or suspended. I think that painting the house should be on the back burner until we decide on what furniture we want to buy. I'm going to be putting work stuff on the back burner for a while after my son is born. *on the back burnerFig. [of something] on hold or suspended temporarily. (Alludes to putting a pot that needs less active attention on a back burner of a stove, leaving space for pots that need to be stirred. Compare this with on the front burner. *Typically: be ~; put something ~.) The building project is on the back burner for now. This matter was on the back burner for a long time. back burner, on aIn a position of low priority. For example, I haven't forgotten his letter; I've just put it on a back burner for now. This term alludes to a cook's putting items requiring less attention at the back of the stove. [Colloquial; mid-1900s] Also see front burner. on the back burnerCOMMON If you put a project or issue on the back burner, you decide not to do anything about it until a later date. Note: A burner is one of the rings or plates on the top of a cooker. She put her career on the back burner after marrying her co-star two years ago. People's dreams have once again been put on the back burner as they concern themselves with survival from one day to the next. Note: Back burner is used in other structures and expressions with a similar meaning. Long-term health care advocates worry that the expense will push this issue onto a back burner. In this climate, website development is an obvious candidate for the back burner. on the back (or front) burnerhaving low (or high) priority. informalThe metaphor here is from cooking on a stove with several burners of varying heat: food cooking at a lower temperature on a back burner receives or requires less frequent attention than that cooking at a high temperature on a front burner. Compare with the mainly North American expression cook on the front burner meaning ‘be on the way to rapid success’. on the back ˈburner(informal) (of an idea, a plan, etc.) left for the present time, to be done or considered later: The job was put on the back burner when more important assignments arrived.A burner is one of the parts of a cooker/stove that produces a flame. on the back burner mod. out of the way; aside and out of consideration. (see also on the shelf.) We will have to put this on the back burner for a while. on the back burner As a low priority: kept the project on the back burner all summer. |
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